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Entail: meaning, example and synonyms

Entailv. To involve something as a necessary part or consequence.

Flashcard for Entail (verb): to involve something as a necessary part or consequence. Example: Expanding the telescope array would entail not only new funding but also years of negotiation over access to the remote mountain site. Synonyms: involve, require, necessitate, imply. Antonyms: exclude, preclude, rule out. Memory tip: Entail: what comes trailing behind like a tail, the necessary results. Illustration: a mountaintop observatory dome under construction, workers in jackets hauling crates of equipment up a long winding road; people drawn naturally and fully clothed, no logos, signs, flags, written words or sound effects.

Example

Expanding the telescope array would entail not only new funding but also years of negotiation over access to the remote mountain site.

Part of speech
verb
Synonyms
involve, require, necessitate, imply
Antonyms
exclude, preclude, rule out
Memory tip
Entail: what comes trailing behind like a tail, the necessary results.

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Question 1

Restoring the damaged fresco would ______ months of painstaking work, since each flake of pigment must be reattached by hand.

Question 2

Accepting the fellowship ______ moving abroad for two years, a condition that made the young scientist hesitate.

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